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FEMA Disaster Declarations by State

Every US state, the District of Columbia, and the territories, ranked by federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026). 1640 major disasters in all. Emergency and fire management declarations are counted separately on each state page. Select a state for its full history, hazard breakdown, declaration-request denial rate, and Public Assistance obligated.

Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 23, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals

  1. Oklahoma61 major disasters
  2. California53 major disasters
  3. Kansas51 major disasters
  4. Kentucky50 major disasters
  5. Tennessee49 major disasters
  6. Missouri49 major disasters
  7. Alaska47 major disasters
  8. Mississippi47 major disasters
  9. Nebraska46 major disasters
  10. South Dakota45 major disasters
  11. New York45 major disasters
  12. West Virginia45 major disasters
  13. Florida44 major disasters
  14. Iowa42 major disasters
  15. Alabama41 major disasters
  16. Arkansas41 major disasters
  17. Texas40 major disasters
  18. North Dakota39 major disasters
  19. Vermont39 major disasters
  20. Louisiana37 major disasters
  21. New Hampshire34 major disasters
  22. Washington33 major disasters
  23. Virginia32 major disasters
  24. Montana31 major disasters
  25. Maine31 major disasters
  26. Minnesota30 major disasters
  27. North Carolina29 major disasters
  28. Oregon25 major disasters
  29. Georgia25 major disasters
  30. New Jersey25 major disasters
  31. Arizona24 major disasters
  32. Illinois24 major disasters
  33. Ohio24 major disasters
  34. New Mexico23 major disasters
  35. Indiana23 major disasters
  36. Hawaii22 major disasters
  37. Wisconsin22 major disasters
  38. South Carolina21 major disasters
  39. Puerto Rico21 major disasters
  40. Pennsylvania21 major disasters
  41. Massachusetts20 major disasters
  42. Idaho18 major disasters
  43. Maryland17 major disasters
  44. Connecticut15 major disasters
  45. Michigan14 major disasters
  46. Colorado13 major disasters
  47. N. Mariana Islands12 major disasters
  48. Washington D.C.12 major disasters
  49. Delaware12 major disasters
  50. Utah11 major disasters
  51. Rhode Island11 major disasters
  52. U.S. Virgin Islands11 major disasters
  53. Guam11 major disasters
  54. Wyoming10 major disasters
  55. Nevada9 major disasters
  56. American Samoa8 major disasters
  57. Fed. States of Micronesia5 major disasters

How these numbers are built

Every figure is drawn from FEMA's OpenFEMA datasets: the Disaster Declarations Summaries for declarations and the Declaration Denials dataset for turndowns, rebuilt automatically each week. A "declaration" is one unique combination of declaration type (DR / EM / FM), disaster number, and state, so a single disaster affecting five states counts as five declarations. Years are federal fiscal years (Oct 1 to Sep 30). Totals, ranks, and rates on this page cover complete fiscal years only. Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in each state's declaration tables and its recent-declarations panel, but are not counted in any total until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.